Woman Buys A Balut Egg In A Restaurant And Hatches The Duckling That’s Now Her Best Friend
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Choosing the ideal pet is not always easy. You need to consider the fact that you will need to take care of him every day, fulfill his needs. However, this Malaysian woman decided to take a risk and even managed to surprise her friends and family with her decision… Two years ago, 39-year-old Erica Lim, a creative professional from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, got a delightful little pet duckling!

Everything started when Lim bought a fertilized duck egg in a Vietnamese restaurant in Puchong that sold pre-cooked balut. Balut is a controversial Filipino snack of a developing bird embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell. Lim had bought one on impulse and decided to hatch it at home.